03323nam 2200673 a 450 991045657640332120211005030700.01-4411-0417-81-282-45253-397866124525360-8264-3817-2(CKB)2550000000002679(EBL)472778(OCoLC)647854435(SSID)ssj0000339651(PQKBManifestationID)12071074(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000339651(PQKBWorkID)10364638(PQKB)10981813(MiAaPQ)EBC472778(Au-PeEL)EBL472778(CaPaEBR)ebr10362036(CaONFJC)MIL245253(OCoLC)893334743(MiAaPQ)EBC6161795(EXLCZ)99255000000000267920081126d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLanguage and power[electronic resource] an introduction to institutional discourse /Andrea MayrLondon ;New York Continuumc20081 online resource (211 p.)Advances in sociolinguisticsDescription based upon print version of record.0-8264-8743-2 0-8264-8744-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 186-198) and index.Introduction : power, discourse and institutions / Andrea Mayr -- Discourses of higher education : enterprise and institutional change in the university / Andrea Mayr -- Prison discourse : enterprising managerialism in a total institution / Andrea Mayr -- News discourse I : understanding the social goings-on behind news texts / David Machin -- News discourse II : anti-racism and neo-liberalism in the British regional press / David Machin and Andrea Mayr -- Defence discourse I : the visual institutionalization of discourses in war monuments / Gill Abousnnouga and David Machin -- Defence discourse II : a corpus perspective on routine and rhetoric in defence discourse / Tony Bastow -- Conclusion : researching institutional discourse / Andrea Mayr with Tony Bastow.How language is used in institutions and how institutions generate language is a key concern of both sociolinguistics and social theory. This readable and comprehensive introduction to language and power in institutions combines theoretical reflection with a strong analytical focus. Covering a range of institutional discourses and settings, each chapter in Language and Power closely examines institutional discourse practices and provides detailed steps to the critical analysis of institutional discourse both linguistic and multimodal. This book is a long overdue contribution to the analysis ofAdvances in sociolinguistics.SociolinguisticsPower (Social sciences)Language policyElectronic books.Sociolinguistics.Power (Social sciences)Language policy.306.44Mayr Andrea1972-437774MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456576403321Language and power1959390UNINA